How would you like to see romances improved?

More dialogue options and personalized dialogue based on the relationship you chose with your LI, and relationship progression that is more organic.

I will use Keri as an example. Also...specific to Keri, she should be a full-on romance option and not a casual fling.

I romanced her exclusively on my main Ryder character. Her dialogue is disjointed as is her relationship progression. I get that the idea was to make her a "fling" type romance, but her dialogue betrays this a lot of the time and makes it seem as though there should be an opportunity to have a serious, exclusive romance or continue a serious, exclusive romance with her. She also suffers from Liara Syndrome where she repeatedly asks Ryder if he/she wants her and it happens at times where the questions are jarring and actually detract from the cutesy angst that is being established. This is to the point that I felt the need to smooth out her romance in fanfiction.

If she is not an exclusive romantic partner, scenes should be included that make the romance seem more clandestine, or open if Ryder is being played as in a polyamorous relationship with characters (like Peebee) that would be open to this arrangement. The idea of you "cheating" on your LI with her is poorly executed. She and Ryder visibly flirt in public areas where squadmates are standing right there (docking port, Vortex, Hydroponics, etc), while she is recording, and in front of Hakim/Militia/Addison and apparently they all play dumb as far as anything going on between them. She also lives next door to Peebee...as if Peebee wouldn't notice.

For those of us who chose to be exclusive with their LI like Keri, I would like the ability for Ryder to tell her that she/he loves her, ask her to be exclusive with him/her, and maybe at least a hug. Right after she is freed from jail is a great time to have that animation, or when Keri tries to leap into Ryder's arms way earlier in the game (or just after this). I also think at the end of Path of a Hero, if Ryder is exclusive to her or chooses the exclusive dialogue, there should be an option to be openly affectionate with her: Hug her ala the docking port scene where Keri throws herself at Ryder...or kiss her, and tell her that Ryder wants a future with her. I would also have liked the ability to invite her to the Tempest.

Additionally, Keri should have a more appropriate response at the end of Path of a Hero if the player chooses to continue her romance arc and not the ambivalent "we'll have something to hold on to" dialogue.

Aside from things specific to her....

I will also add unique animations, less talking heads. I can't make a proper angsty romance music video to Alex and Keri just standing there talking to each other. Make them blush, toe the ground at each other, hold hands (or try to), give Keri a "calendar" pose or two. Something.

I'd also like to see unique dialogue specific to MaleRyder and unique dialogue specific to FemRyder like what happened in some romances in the OT.